802.11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter User Manual
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1. 11 4 Configuration Utility 0nnnnene ne nennneneee 14 4 1 Using the configuration utility 14 4 1 1 Profile 2 9 9222 2 2 n nn nnn nn nnn nnn nana nnn 15 4 1 1 1 System Configuration Edit profile Network Type 15 4 1 1 2 Edit Profile 17 4 1 1 3 Authentication and Security 19 4 1 2 Link Status 9 2 2 9222 22 nnn nnn nn nana 23 4 1 3 Site Survey 24 4 1 4 StatiStiCS 25 4 1 5 AdVanCce 26 4 1 6 About 9 2 22 nnn nana nnn nnn nn nnn nn nnn nnn nn nnn nnn 27 5 GlOS Sal y 22a nana nn nnn nn enn nnn nnn enema nnn nenenenenee 28 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapt2. Max_PSP Maximum Power Save Fast_PSP Fast Awake Network Type The network type of the wireless network An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with wireless adapters connected as an independent wireless LAN An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an infrastructure configuration Preamble Type Preamble is the first sub field of PPDU which is the appropriate frame format for transmission to PHY Physical layer There are two options Short Preamble and Long Preamble The Short Preamble option improves throughput performance 17 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter RTS Threshold The RTS Threshold sets an upper threshold at which point the device will issue an RTS packet The RTS Request To Send packet is used for the purpose of avoiding data collisions on the wireless LAN There are several trade offs to consider when setting this parameter Setting this parameter to a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often consuming more of the available bandwidth therefore reducing the apparent throughput of other network packets However the more often RTS packets are sent the quicker the system can recover from interference or collisions Refer to the IEEE 802 11 Standard for more information on the RTS CTS mechanism Fragment Threshold Fragment Threshold defines a threshold above which the wireless packet will be split up or fragmented For a fragmented packet if transmission of part of it were to b
3. Radio Complies with IEEE 802 11b g Frequency Band 2 412 2 462GHz U S 2 412 2 484GHz Japan 2 412 2 472GHz ETSI Modulation TYPE BPSK QPSK CCK 16 QAM 64 QAM Operating Channels 11 channels US 13 channels ETSI 14 channels Japan Data Rate 1 2 5 5 6 9 11 12 24 36 48 54Mbps Output Power 18dBm 11Mbps 14dBm 54Mbps Receive sensitivity Min 80dBm for 11Mbps BER 8 Min 70dBm for 54 Mbps BER 10 Antenna Type External detachable dipole antenna Current Consumption 3 3V Tx mode 400 mA Max Rx mode 250 mA Max Certification Radio EU ETS 300 328 USA FCC Part 15C EMC EU ETS 300 826 USA FCC Part 15B Safety EN60950 Driver Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP 1 3 Package Contents 1 One 54Mbps WLAN PCI Adapter 2 One setup Utility CD ROM User Guide on CD 3 Quick Installation Guide 802 11g 54M WLAN PCI Adapter 802 11g 54M WLAN PCI Adapter W Detachable Antenna W Desktop Antenna C ME Quick Ins tall Guide Quick Install Guide 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1 4 Systems Requirements 1 A Desktop computer with an available 32bit PCI slot 2 Operating System Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP 3 2M bytes free disk space for utility and driver installation Note If you insert the WLAN PCI Adapter before installing the driver and utility the operating system will detect a new device and start to configure the new device Click Cancel to finish the wizard Follow the instruction step by step to i
4. PCs communicate directly with each other clients set in Infrastructure mode all pass data through a central Access Point The Access Point not only mediates Wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood but also pro vides communication with the wired network An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wireless application for mobile workers 28 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Roaming The ability to use a wireless device is able to move from one access point range to another without losing the connection RTS CTS Threshold Value It should remain at its default setting of 2 347 A preamble is a signal used to synchronize the transmission timing between two or more systems A series of transmission pulses is sent before the data to indicate that someone is about transmit data This ensures that systems receiving the information correctly when the data transmission starts Shared Key It s when both the sender and recipient share a secret key Both units use this key for an extended length of time sometimes indefinitely Any eavesdropper that discovers the key may decipher all packets until the key is changed Signal Strength The signal level indicates the strength of the signal as received at the wireless network interface SSID Service Set Identifier It s the unique name share
5. 802 119 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter User Manual 4829321G0000 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Content 1 Introduction 0 nn nn nnn n ene nnmnnn 3 1 1 Feature nn 2 92 nnn nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nn nnn nnn nnn nnnnne 3 1 2 Specification 2 22 2 22 onan nn nanan 4 1 3 Package ContentS 4 1 4 Systems RequirementSs 5 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 0 20 22ennen enn ee nen seen nnn 5 2 1 Connecting the PCI Card 5 2 2 Removing the PCI Card 6 3 Software Installation ene nnn nn eens en en nn en nen ene nese 7 3 1 Installing WLAN PCI Adapter Driver 7 3 2 Installing WLAN PCI Adapter Utility 7 3 3 Uninstalling the Driver and Utility
6. 9 A F is required if a 128 bit Key Length was selected 20 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Share Key Is when both the sender and recipient share a secret key Both units use this key for an extended length of time sometimes indefinitely You also can choose non encryption or WEP encryption under Shared setting Add Profile 21 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter LEAP Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol Normally it s using on Cisco s networking devices You may need a Cisco ACS Server to do authentication After selecting LEAP another setting window will pop up as following Types in your Identity Key and Password then click Ok to complete setting Add Profile 22 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 2 Link Status You can see the below status Status Current Channel Current TX Rate throughput Kbit sec Link Quality Signal Strength 23 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 3 Site Survey Click the Site Survey you can to see the signal strength channel Encryption authentication and network type of available wireless network The AP MAC address will also be displayed at the Preferred BSSID field Select the AP you want to connect to and click connect to establish network 24 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 4 Statistics You can see the information of transmit statistics a
7. Next button in the following window RALINK Wireless Network Card Setup RT2500 Wireless LAN Card Setup will install the wireless network driver and its utilities on your system Please select one ofthe following install option and click Nextto continue Easy Install Install the Wireless Lan driver and its utilities automatically 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter The Install Shield Wizard is copying the necessary files to the system The progress indicator shows the installing status RALINK Wireless Network Card Setup RT2500 Wireless LAN Card Setup is performing the requested operations Installing 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter If this is the first time you install the software the window below will appear Select your current country region then click Next Country Channel Select Now United States of America 1 11 InstallShield Configuration Click Finish when the installation is completed RALINK Wireless Network Card Setup Setup has finished installing RT2500 Wireless LAN Card Setup is almost complete Ralink Click Finish to complete RT2500 Wireless LAN Card Setup 10 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter After completing the installation the icon will appear in the system tray Double click the icon to configure the WLAN PCI Adapter 3 3 Uninstalling the Utility You may follow the instruction step by step to uninstall the WLAN PCI Adapter c
8. d among all points in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for all points in the network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard The optional cryptographic confidentiality algorithm specified by IEEE 802 11 used to provide data confidentiality that is subjectively equivalent to the confidentiality of a wired LAN medium that does not employ cryptographic techniques to enhance privacy 29 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter FCC Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful
9. e interfered with only the portion that was successfully transmitted would need to be resent Throughput will generally be lower for fragmented packets since the fixed packet overhead consumes a higher portion of the RF bandwidth 18 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 1 3 Authentication amp Security Add Profile Authentication Type Defines authentication type of the wireless networks The wireless adapter will need to be set to the same authentication type to communicate There are five options to choose as following Open System With this setting any station in the Wireless LAN can associate with an Access Point to receive and to transmit data You can choose non encryption or WEP encryption under Open System setting WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy is an optional feature of the IEEE 802 11 standard that is used to ensure the security of your wireless network There are four groups of WEP key you can set 19 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Key 1 Key 4 These four fields can be used to manually enter the encryption keys This may be necessary if you wish this node to match keys in a different vendor s product WEP Key length The 64 or 128 bits Wired Equivalent Privacy Algorithm You can decide the network key to be encoded by ASCII characters or hexadecimal digitals A key of 10 hexadecimal characters 0 9 A F is required if a 64 bit Key Length was selected A key of 26 hexadecimal characters 0
10. er 1 Introduction The 54Mbps WLAN PCI Adapter provides greater performance than ever before Incorporated with latest IEEE 802 11g technology the PCI Card is not only compliant with other 802 11g products but allows you to connect with other 802 11b devices With WPA Wi Fi Protected Access and 64 128 bit WEP encryption the PCI Card ensure the security of your network communication All you need is laptop computer with one 32 bit PCI interface and Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP operating system the Plug and Play feature will enable you to complete the set up process within minutes This wireless network PCI Card has been designed for both home and business users and it also enables you to communicate seamlessly with other wireless networking products wherever you are 1 1 Features 1 IEEE 802 11b DSSS BPSK QPSK CCK 2 IEEE 802 11g OFDM 64 QAM 16 QAM QPSK BPSK 3 54Mbps high Data Rate 4 Support 32bit PCI interface 5 Auto Rate fallback for optimizing communication possibility in worse channel conditions and over larger distances 6 64 128bit WEP data encryption security 7 Compliant with Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP 8 Power saving in infrastructure mode 9 One detachable reverse SMA Antenna 10 Plug and Play and easy to setup 11 Easy to Use Graphical Configuration utility saves detailed connectivity profiles for frequently accessed networks 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 1 2 Specification Model 54Mbps WLAN PCI Adapter
11. interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures 1 Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules CE Declaration of conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022 class B for ITE and EN 50082 1 This meets the essential protection requirements of the European Council Directive 89 336 EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility Trademarks All company brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies 30
12. ith the same BSS ID DSSS Direct Sequencing Spread Spectrum DSSS operate over the radio airwaves in the unlicensed ISM band industrial scientific medical DSSS uses a radio transmitter to spread data packets over a fixed range of frequency band Encryption It s a security method that applies a specific algorithm to data in order to alter the data appearance and prevent other devices from reading the information Firmware Program that is inserted into programmable read only memory programmable read only memory thus becoming a permanent part of a computing device Fragmentation Threshold Value Indicates how much of the network resources is devoted to recovering packet errors The value should remain at its default setting of 2 432 If you experience high packet error rates you can decrease this value but it will likely decrease overall network performance Only minor modifications of this value are recommended Fragmentation Breaking a packet into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that cannot support the original size of the packet IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 11b g standard The IEEE 802 11b g Wireless LAN standards subcommittee formulates standards for the industry The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufacturers to communicate Infrastructure Mode A client setting provides connectivity to an Access Point As compared to Ad Hoc mode where
13. lity was six tabs Profile Link Status Site Survey Statistics Advance and About You should change all your configuration settings for your WLAN PCI adapter using this utility 4 1 Using the configuration Utility After the Configuration Utility has been installed an icon will be placed in the system tray when the WLAN PCI Adapter is inserted Click the icon and the configuration utility will pop up The utility was six tabs Profile Link Status Site Survey Statistics Advance and About You should change all your configuration settings for your WLAN PCI adapter using this utility TRTA e pen System Not Us Not Us 14 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 1 Profile Specific different network profile settings used in various locations such as your office your home the factory or the airport In each profile you can specify a network type network name WEP and security setting parameters required for that operating location 4 1 1 1 System Configuration Edit profile Network Type The column in Profile list from left to right is Profile gt SSID Channel Authentication gt Encryption and Network Type Click ACTIVATE to excuse the profile 15 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter SSID All wireless devices within the ESS or extended wireless LAN use the SSID This can be any alphanumeric value of up t
14. nd receive statistics in this screen 25 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 5 Advance Wireless Mode If there are 802 11b devices in your wireless network choose b g mixed mode If all the devices in your wireless network are 802 11g ones choose 802 11g mode to get better transfer rate Tx Burst Enable this function to burst the transmit speed but it may affect signal quality Radio off You can stop wireless transmission by clicking this icon Click again to resume wireless connection En SE hor SOINE wren Appu anie 26 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 6 About This screen shows copyright Utility Driver version and MAC Address of this wireless LAN Card Configuration Utility CopyRight c Copyright 2002 All rights reserved eieae eS SE SS eei Se Configuration Utility _ _ _ _ _ __ Version 1 30 0 Date 03 31 2004 NIC Driver _ re Version 2 2 1 0 02 17 2004 Mac Address Phy_Address 00 0C 43 25 60 00 27 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 5 Glossary Ad Hoc Mode An Ad hoc integrated wireless LAN is a group of computers each has a Wireless LAN adapter Connected as an independent wireless LAN Ad hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation BSS ID A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured w
15. nstall the WLAN PCI Adapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Connecting the PCI Card Insert the PCI Card into the PCI slot on your desktop and push it until it is firmly seated oO Antenna Reverse SMA connector LED Act Blinking when transmitting Receiving data 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 2 2 Removing the PCI Card If you want to remove the PCI Card Pull the PCI Card out and to the right to remove from the chassis 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 3 Software Installation 3 1 Installing WLAN PCI Adapter Driver After hardware installation restart your PC System will show up a window Find New Hardware Then follow the instruction and insert your CD into your CD ROM drive When system request you to input the driver path direct your file path to CD ROM drive Driver XP 2K or 9XME And the system will complete the driver installation 3 2 Installing WLAN PCI Adapter Utility Insert the setup CD into your CD ROM Drive Then the web page will pop up automatically and select the Installing Driver and Utility If it does not launch automatically Double click setup exe in your CD ROM Drive Follow the installation Wizard to complete S4Mbps Wireless LAN Install InstallShield Wizard 54Mbps Wireless LAN Install Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter Click
16. o 32 characters long Use this to prevent cross communication between two or more WLAN in one area The SSID should be changed in order to provide some minimum security Channel Shows the selected channel that is currently used Available channels depend on the country or region you are located Authentication Defines authentication type of the wireless networks including Open System and Share Key authentication The wireless adapter will need to be set to the same authentication type to communicate Encryption Indicates your WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy settings WEP encryption can be used to ensure the security of your wireless network If there is no Encryption exists the column will show Not USE Network type The network type of the wireless network An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers each with wireless adapters connected as an independent wireless LAN An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an infrastructure configuration 16 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 1 1 2 Edit Profile To add a new location profile name or to rename delete or select an existing profile click Edit The Edit Configurations screen appears as follows Power Saving Mode CAM Constant Awake Mode CAM is the normal mode for desktop machines or other machines where power consumption is not an issue It keeps the radio powered up continuously so there is little latency for responding to messages
17. ompletely Insert the setup CD or execute the setup exe again 54Mbps Wireless LAN Install InstallShield Wizard l Lapiz 54Mbps Wireless LAN Install Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait Lance 11 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter The following window should launch automatically Select Remove and click Next 54h bps Wireless LAN Card InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the 54Mbps Wireless LAN Card Setup Maintenance program This program lets you modify the current installation Click one of the options below C Modify B Select new program components to add or select currently installed components to remove C Repair ied Reinstall all program components installed by the previous setup Remove d A Remove all installed components 12 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 54M bps Wireless LAN Card InstallShield Wizard 54Mbps Wieless LAN Card Setup i performing the requested operations Uninstalling C Program Files 54Mbps Wireless LAN Card Installer WINS BEE Et tC Click OK to finish when the uninstallation is completed 13 802 11g 54M Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 4 Configuration Utility After the Configuration Utility has been installed an icon will be placed in the system tray when the WLAN PCI Adapter is inserted Click the icon and the configuration utility will pop up The uti
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